scooby
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join:2001-05-01
Schaumburg, IL | reply to jalapen
Re: [Packet8] New $1.50 Regulatory Fee effective M
Regulatory fee is approved by the FCC. Its ghey. |
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WhyADuck
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join:2003-03-05
| said by scooby  :Regulatory fee is approved by the FCC. Its ghey. Please cite your source for this information. My understanding is that such fees are NOT required to be collected by any government agency, instead they are just a way to collect more money without jacking up your advertised price, and as such, deceive consumers as to what the actual cost of the service will be. |
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jalapen
@bellsouth.ne | So far I'm happy with my P8 service, but I agree with WhyADuck...these fees are a bunch of BS. |
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schdy37
join:2004-12-07
Commack, NY | Ladies and Gentlemen pause before you leap. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. Remember that saying. Leave for a better reason than $1.50 month increase. Read the complaints from other VOIP ers and make the right choice. |
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dcurrey
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join:2004-06-29
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| said by schdy37 :Ladies and Gentlemen pause before you leap. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. Remember that saying. Leave for a better reason than $1.50 month increase. Read the complaints from other VOIP ers and make the right choice. If it was a 1.50 rate increase it wouldn't bother me as much. But if you start letting voip companies get away with the same bogus line item charges that POTS companies do they will not stop doing it.
And as far as reliability Sunrocket doesn't seem to have a lot of problems. Lots of additional features however.
And having my nose cut off might be an improvement to my face.:) |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02
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Regulatory fee is approved by the FCC. Its ghey
Regulatory recovery fees are not approved by the FCC, nor are they government mandated.
They are rate hikes designed as bogus official sounding fees so you blame Uncle Sam instead of the company in question. They also allow companies to tack on price hikes below the line, allowing them to sometimes disguise real prices in adverts.
They began when incumbent bells, who pay into the USF much more than cable providers, felt such contributions unfair and designed the idea to direct ire at the government....
Make no mistake though, it's about as much official "fee" as I am albino walrus. |
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scooby
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Schaumburg, IL
2 edits | reply to WhyADuck
said by WhyADuck :Please cite your source for this information. My understanding is that such fees are NOT required to be collected by any government agency, instead they are just a way to collect more money without jacking up your advertised price, and as such, deceive consumers as to what the actual cost of the service will be. »www.fcc.gov/fees/regfees.html
packet8 is betting voip will get regulated soon and/or screwing their customers. |
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Karl Bode
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1 edit | said by scooby :said by WhyADuck :Please cite your source for this information. My understanding is that such fees are NOT required to be collected by any government agency, instead they are just a way to collect more money without jacking up your advertised price, and as such, deceive consumers as to what the actual cost of the service will be. » www.fcc.gov/fees/regfees.htmlpacket8 is betting voip will get regulated soon and/or screwing their customers. Your link is for regulatory fees (like USF, etc.) The "regulatory recovery fee" is not an FCC-sanctioned fee, it is a price hike, with the justification that they may someday be regulated. Perhaps I need audio-visual aids..... |
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